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ing colony of Picus repens growing 

 against the wall. In another place 

 Poiieria fcvtida, usually groAn as a 

 greenhouse climber, conies up year after 

 year. The common laurel or sweet bay 

 tree (Lauriis nobilis) occasionally gets 

 winter killed, but young plants make 

 spc-cimci>s in a surprisingly short time. 

 I luring the spring and summer months 

 at almost every few strides something 

 fresh and striking may be seen, the 

 "gorse" or "whin" ( Vlex liuropwa) is as 

 finely in flower in March on the Capitol 

 terraces as on any of the Scottish hill.s. 

 A little later on the trifoliate citrus is 

 covered with its pure white flowers, and 

 in the fall the yellow fruit is a gorgeous 

 sight. This plant is perfectly hardy over 

 a wide area of the country, and should 

 1)C planted more frequently; it is attract- 

 ive even in the dead of winter. [Although 

 there are several plants of it at Dosoris, 

 and they have existed there several years, 

 it is not hardy there.— Ed.] Springflower- 

 ing shrubs are well represented and alter 

 them the Japanese and Chinese hydran- 

 geas in red, white and blue make a great 

 show. Crimson Rambler rose, in wild 

 profusion, is just over, and now the 

 Japanese trailing rose | A'. Wichiiraiana) 

 is a perfect bed of white. Big clumps of 

 three or four species of Yucca, principall3' 

 tUamentosa and its varieties, and Y. 

 angustHoUa are flowering profusely, and 

 large groups of foxgloves add to the effect, 

 and in a shoi-t while the blue flowered 

 herbaceous clematis (C. tubulosa and 

 C. DavkHana) will be in great beauty. 

 The everlasting pea (Latbyrus latifolius) 

 succeeds well; besides the "type there are 

 two varieties, a pure white one and one 

 intermediate in color between white and 

 pink; the white variety is a very telling 

 flower, but it has a habit of not coming 

 true from seed. O. \V. Oi.ivhk. 



Washington, D. C. 



ftflRDY SHRUBS IN BLOOM JUNE 23. 

 The late blooming spiraas are now 

 making an excellent display. Dillard's 

 spirsa has been in good bloom for the 

 past ten days. The panicles of reddish pink 

 flowers are very conspicuous. vS. Biimalda, 

 an elegant species, has been a mass of 

 rose colored flowers for the past week, 

 it gves a succession of flowers until Sep- 

 tember and is of compact habit, easily 

 grown, and hardy; it is one of the best of 

 the late blooming spirsas. S. sorbifolia, 

 a Siberian species and common in most 

 gardens, has th3!rse-like panicles of showy 

 white flowers. It is now at its best. S. 

 nrieefolia has graceful nodding panicles of 

 fleecy white blossoms, it will be in full 

 bloom in about two davs. We greatly 

 admire this spirtea and think it is the 

 l)est of the late blooming ones. The dif- 

 ferent forms of vS. callosa are in bloom, 

 the white variety is worthy of special 

 mention because of its compact habit and 

 profusion of bloom. S. virescens has 

 corymbs of whitish pink flowers in 

 succession for some time. S. Margaritae 

 has large cymes of deep pink and is very 

 showy. S. salicitolia, in different forms, 

 is in bloom. S Pallasii much resembles 

 S. sorbifolia and is now in flower. Other 

 spirjeas in bloom are S. luxuriosa with 

 sparse, white flowers; S. Blumei has large 

 reddish pink panicles, .S. Douglasii is just 

 coming into flower, it has rose colored 

 panicles, and its so-called variety. Noble- 

 ana with loose panicles of reddish flowers; 

 S.Lenncana, a verj- handsome form, red- 

 dish pink, is considered a hybrid between 

 -S. Douglasii and S. sa/Zcj/o/ja, it resembles 

 the latter in its foliage and the former in 

 its flowers. It is now coming into bloom; 



S. tenuissima is still blooming (|uite 

 freely. 



The silky dogwood {Coriius scricca I is 

 in good bloom and the rough leaved dog- 

 wood {Cornus asperifolia) with snialler 

 white cymes than the former follows it 

 closely. The old osier dogwood (C. 

 stolonifera) is covered with dull white 

 colored fruit, almost ripe. 



Hall's honeysuckle perfumes the air in 

 its neighborhood. It is one of the best of 

 the climbing kinds. It suffered quite 

 severely here last winter, in many in 

 stances being killed down to the ground, 

 but in every case we know of it has 

 started away again vigorously. /- scm- 

 pervircris and L. ffava are still giving ns 

 a few flowers. The numerous forms of 

 the Tartarian bush honeysuckle are dis- 

 playing their differently tinted yellow 

 and red fruit, but they cannot begin to 

 compare with the different forms of Loii- 

 icera bella for a grand display of berries. 

 At the present time L. bella alhida is just 

 Voided down with a magnificent show ol 

 ceep red fruit. A well known nursery- 

 man, when we called his attention to it 

 the other day, raised his hat and declared 

 it to be remarkably beautiful. Viburnum 

 Nepalense and V. nudum are almost past. 



Azalea viscosa with pretty whitish 

 flowers has been in bloom since nine or ten 

 days. Andromeda speciosa with hand- 

 some bell-shaped blossoms, and one of 

 the prettiest of the andromedas, is in fine 

 flower. 



Rosa Wicburaiana is covered with blos- 

 soms, and what a rampant grower it is, 

 throwing out growths S and 10 feet long 

 in a season. The numerous white roses 

 with yellowish centers are showy. The 

 prairie rose {Rosa setigera) with Variable 

 rose colored, whitish, corymbs, is making 

 a handsome display. Scattering blooms 

 are to be found in )?.ru^osa and its forms. 



Itea Virginica has had pretty white 

 spikes for the past two weeks. It is 

 slow growing, but its flowers in June and 

 showy tinted foliage in the fall render it a 

 very desirable shrub. 



The diffisrent varieties of Deutzia 

 crenata are just passing out of bloom. 

 The variety Pride of Rochester is an 

 excellent form, having large double white 

 and tinted flowers, and it opens a little 

 earlier than any of the other forms. 

 Watererii is also a good double form. 



Santolina Chamxcyparissus (lavender 

 cotton) a low sub-shrubby plant often 

 used for edging, when allowed to grow at 

 will makes dense large spreading clumps. 

 It has numerous chamomile-like flowers. 



The Japan tree lilac [Syringa Japonica) 

 has finished blooming. Its large fleecy 

 panicles of white were very conspicuous. 

 It is not profuse, but the showiness of 

 the individual panicles makes up for 

 that. The Amoor lilac {Syringa Amur- 

 ensis) refused to give us a single bloom 

 this year. 



The stag horn sumach has flowered 

 and the plumes are now commencing 

 to assume their crimson tints. The 

 smooth sumach is in bloom. NewJersej' 

 tea {Ceanothus) is still showy. 



The Ibota and Chinese privets have 

 been in bloom since eight or ten davs and 

 both are beautiful. 



The common thyme makes real pretty 

 dense mats in front of shrubbery groups 

 when allowed to spread, and is now a 

 mass of purple flowers. 



Cytisus birsutushas made a fine yellow 

 show for the past two weeks. C. nigricans 

 is now in bloom and Genista tincloria is 

 in fairlj good flower. Our earliest flower- 

 ing hydrangea (H. Pekinensis) has been 

 displaying its white flowers since a week. 

 The" shrubbv cinquefoil {Potentilla 



fruticosa] is covered with yellow blossoms 

 and this will last more or less through- 

 out the summer. Although usually grow- 

 ing in its native state in wet ground it 

 will grow almost anywhere. 



Colutea arhoresccns (bladder senna) is 

 covered with yellow flowers and bladdery 

 pods. It flowers freely and ripens seeds 

 abundantly throughoutthe whole season. 



BIwagnus longipes is laden with almost 

 ripe fruit and makes a nice show. Daphne 

 alpi'na is covered with reddish berries. 

 Rbamnus Frangula displays reddish-like 

 berries with small inconspicuous flowers 

 on the same branches. 



Stapbylea trit'oliata (bladder nut) is 

 laden with bladdery pods. The dwarf 

 chestnut (Castanea pumila) has been in 

 full flower since a week, and individuals 

 here and there ol the native sweet chest- 

 nut and Spanish chestnut are also in 

 bloom. 



The western bean tree( Catalpa speciosa) 

 was in full flower about two weeks since 

 and is now about past. The native bass- 

 wood is in bloom. The diflerent forms of 

 amelanchier (Juneberry) have ripe fruit 

 that is quite pleasant to eat. Large 

 masses of the common elderberry now 

 look strikingly beautiful in the landscape, 

 as the white cymes show up along the 

 edges of copses and woods surrounded by 

 rich masses of green drapery. Magnolia 

 macrophylla has been in bloom for a few 

 days. Theenormousflowers when spread 

 out are almost as large as a man's hat 

 and very beautiful. It requires a warm 

 situation here. John Diinbar. 



Highland Park, Rochester, N. Y. 



FROPflOflTION OF HflRDY flEflTflS. 



Erica carnea is the best hardy heath we 

 have got. It grows with remarkable 

 freedom, and always flowers profusely in 

 early spring. E. I'a^ans in different forms 

 is our next best. It does not appear to 

 be quite as hardy as the former, and it 

 never flowers verv- abundantly with us. 

 E. tetralix and E \Calluna) vulgarishave 

 so far done badly; appearing to have 

 gone back more from the effects of sum- 

 mer heat, than winter cold. 



We find that the quickest method of 

 propagating the hardy ericas is by layer- 

 ing. T'se leaf soil, and sharp sand sifted 

 and mixed in equal proportions, and raise 

 this in a mound around the stems and in 

 the centers of the clumps amongst the 

 branches. In a very short time every 

 branch will root freely in it. When the 

 branches or layers are well rooted, cut 

 them from the parent plant with a sharp 

 knife, being sure to secure plenty of roots 

 to each shoot and pot them in 2 or 3inch 

 pots according to the size or strength of 

 the layers, plunge the pots in a cool 

 shaded place, and keep well watered. 

 When they have commenced to root 

 afresh, remove them from the shade to an 

 open exposure where the conditions are 

 still cool, for ericas do like to have their 

 roots cool and moist. By fall excellent 

 stocky plants can be obtained. The pots 

 can be plunged in a cold frame over the 

 winter and in spring they may be turned 

 out of their pots, and planted where 

 desired. John Dunbar. 



Highland Park, Rochester, N. V. 



TRUMPET CREEPER ON CLOTflES POSTS. 



I have seen several times in Gardening 

 that trumpet creeper has been recom- 

 mended for covering clothes line posts, 

 and very pretty it is for this purpose, but 

 it is such a nuisance. My kitchen was 

 covered with it, and when the vine wasin 

 bloom it was the admirations of all who 

 saw it, but it sprouts up all over the 

 yard and is a perfect pest, There seems 



